On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Ismail Lagardien wrote:
> Just incidentally, having made the decision in 1995, that I would
> quit journalism to return to graduate school,
> I was asked to join the government in the office of Trevor Manuel...
> (snip, snip)...
> Trevor Manuel was at the very fine edge of the blue wedge that gave
> in to foreign pressure and
> opt for an internally implemented structural adjustment loyal to the
> Washington Consensus
Yes, there was international pressure - but wasn't there a lot in it for the SA elite?